The Song of May and the Cross Festival: An Ethnographic Rite of the Blooming Month in the Region of Murcia

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Authors

  • Tomás García Martínez

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30823/recm.02024177

Keywords:

Mayos, Folklore, Ethnography, Rite, Region of Murcia

Abstract

Through the documentary sources existing in the regional archives of Murcia, we carried out a review of the press documentation and musical notations located in the local newspapers, as well as in the different musical and literary songbooks, with the intention of reconstructing the history of the singing of the mayos in the orchard of Murcia and their associated rituals.

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References

MARTÍNEZ TORNEL, J. (1892): Cantares populares murcianos. Diario de Murcia. Murcia.
NAREJOS BERNABÉU, A. (2014): Los Auroros en la Región de Murcia: análisis histórico y musical. CIOFF. Madrid.
VERDÚ, J. (1906): Colección de cantos populares de Murcia. Vidal Llimona y Boceta. Madrid.
VILA, M. (1986): “Juan Antonio Gambín Navarro «el Compadre»”. Aldaba. Federación de Peñas Huertanas. Murcia.

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Published

2025-11-01

How to Cite

García Martínez, T. (2025). The Song of May and the Cross Festival: An Ethnographic Rite of the Blooming Month in the Region of Murcia: Español. Revista De Estudios Del Campo De Montiel, (Extra 5), 143–158. https://doi.org/10.30823/recm.02024177

Issue

No. Extra 5 (2025): Crosses and Mayos Festivals in the 21st Century: Tradition, Survival, and Adaptation

Section

Articles